Discussion of the spring hunt had actually been going on for more than a week. The Spring Hunt Day, which was supposed to begin last friday, still seemed nowhere in sight even by this friday.
The school had never let anything slip, but the Student Union occasionally leaked contradictory information. For instance, officers from the External Relations Department swore they were discussing spring hunt sponsorship with the Beta Town Chamber of Commerce, while officers from the Academic Affairs Department insisted their department had received absolutely no notice that this year's spring hunt would resume. Meanwhile, the people from the Publicity Department had been evasive from start to finish, unwilling to acknowledge that the spring hunt had been postponed and unable to confirm that it had been completely canceled.
In short, during the eleventh week of the semester, discussion of the spring hunt had become the hottest topic after the conflict between Jiuyou and Alpha Academy. Even the occasional unrest among the Merfolk Tribe of Linzhong Lake could not draw much attention from the students.
On the first day of May, which was friday of the eleventh week, a full week had passed since the spring hunt's usual opening date. Some people at the school still hoped they would receive notice tomorrow that the spring hunt would proceed as normal.
"This has happened at the school before."
Beside a clump of spotted bamboo at the edge of Green Valley, a male wizard confidently told his companion, "My uncle told me that when he was a student, some unidentified demon beast once wandered onto campus, forcing the school to cancel several group activities both on and off campus, including the spring hunt. The spring hunt was delayed for a full half month back then. Once that demon beast was caught, the spring